De Doorns

R3.30 an hour: De Doorns child labour probed

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Dec 2014

The Department of Labour is investigating allegations of child labour on a farm in the Hex Valley, outside De Doorns.

Farm workers union Csaawu should be saved

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 17 Nov 2014

Union Csaawu is facing bankruptcy for supporting farm workers dismissed after historic strikes in 2012/ 13. This is why the union must be saved.

DA, ANC bury pitchforks to fix farm crisis

Article Lynley Donnelly - 3 May 2013

A "cautious alliance" has been formed between the Democratic Alliance and the ANC to address the issues underlying agricultural unrest.

Investigation launched after 24 killed in W Cape bus crash

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Mar 2013

An investigation has been launched after 24 people died when a bus veered off Hex River Pass near De Doorns, says the provincial transport minister.

22 killed in De Doorns bus crash

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Mar 2013

Twenty-two people, including two children, have died after a bus veered off the Hex River Pass near De Doorns.

‘Blacklisted’ farmworker urges politicians to listen

Article Benjamin Fogel - 15 Feb 2013

Despite going from being a scab to striking worker and being recently unemployed, Jaurie Scheepers remains hopeful. "My God will make a plan for me".

Land audit urgently required

Article Lynley Donnelly - 8 Feb 2013

The facts are few but there have bee logistical and political reasons why the state is dragging its feet.

Farmworkers’ minimum wage upped to R105 a day

Article bogdan TagDiv - 4 Feb 2013

Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has announced a new minimum wage for farmworkers of R105.

Union happy with daily R100 wage for farmworkers – for now

Article bogdan TagDiv - 2 Feb 2013

The Food and Allied Workers Union says it expects the new minimum wage for farmworkers to be R100 a day that can later increase to R150.

Lamola encourages farmworkers to continue fighting for wage increases

Article bogdan TagDiv - 26 Jan 2013

Farmworkers in the Western Cape should not retreat in their fight for a minimum daily wage of R150, ANCYL deputy president Ronald Lamola has said.

Farm unions pull together – for now

Article bogdan TagDiv - 25 Jan 2013

We are on the same side, we just manage different views, says Cosatu's Ehrenreich of rival farmworkers' union.

Cosatu: We are calling the farmworkers’ strike off

Article Jenna Etheridge - 22 Jan 2013

The Western Cape farmworkers' strike has been called off, says the trade union federation's provincial secretary general Tony Ehrenreich.

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IT Web - 9 Jan 2020

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